The man who has been on the run from Sacramento since June for allegedly tying a dog to a bowling ball and drowning it in the American River was arrested Tuesday, November 4, in Reno, NV. William Meek, 47, was being held in the Washoe County jail...

French chefs are lobbying for the right to capture, kill and serve the endangered ortolan once a year. The cute songbird was once targeted for its tiny body and bones, and its preparation still an underground "delicacy" is a grim part of French history.

If you saw a cub swimming for his life to try to escape the pool where his captors were charging people $200 to "swim with tigers" then you know why USDA needs to ban this cruelty. Only weeks old he was screaming in between nearly drowning but whenever

Hundreds of dolphins die off of US shores every year, caught by nets or longline hooks and unable to surface for air. Sadly, many dolphins find themselves tangled in nets they couldn't see, and they will drown if the nets are not brought up in time.

Blackie almost drown in the beautiful Manatee River because William Bell decided he needed exercise. He tied a 30 lb weight around this dogs neck and placed him in 4 feet of water on April 26th, 2011. This is unacceptable treatment of a dog! William Bell

A housewife is facing jail after drowning eight cats in a baby bath at her home.
Julie Carter told RSPCA staff that she couldn't afford the phone call to have the animals rescued so killed them one-by-one over a week.
Banbury magistrates court heard

Belle, a five year-old Jack Russell terrier, was chasing sticks with her family off the east prom at Cromer, when disaster struck. She was swamped by waves, swallowed sea water and appeared to have drowned.
Her owner Clint Thomas-Morgan, waded in

Adelanto's head animal control officer has resigned as he faces charges in the drowning of nearly 50 kittens. Kevin Murphy was placed on paid leave in March after prosecutors accused the 36-year-old of drowning the kittens over a four-month period.

The South African government since 1999, have explained away the stranding/drowning of new-born Cape Fur Seals, in their tens of thousands, as a natural annual event that has been going on for eons. The reality is quite something different.

Maureen McLaughlin, the North Side woman known as the "cat lady," pleaded guilty today to three counts of animal cruelty. She will spend a year in jail for drowning cats and dogs -- 650 animals by her count.

Two starving puppies were staked to the beach and left to drown in a callous act of animal cruelty.
The dogs, about six months old, were found by a passer-by on the Goxhill Marshes, chained to a stake and left for the tide to come in.
The passer-by

The two pictures almost tell the story.Vangelis (founder of the local Friends of the Animals and Environment society) wades into the sea to find out why the dog's body is floating,but he can't see his head two rocks had been tied to the collar of the dog